Images

German horse-drawn transport crossing the Dnieper (Dnepr) after the battle of Smolensk in 1941 during Operation Barbarossa in the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

The character of Juliet from William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, painting by Philip Hermogenes Calderon, 1888.

The death of Mercutio in Act III Scene I of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. By Edwin Austin Abbey, 1904.

Romeo and Juliet (Romeo e Giulietta), oil on canvas by Ford Madox Brown, c. 1870. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington.

The famous balcony scene (Act II Scene II) in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, 1884. Southampton City Art Gallery.

Juliet awakens in the tomb to find Romeo dead; from Act V Scene III of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by James Northcote, 1790. Folger Shakespeare Library.

Romeo meets Juliet for the first time at Capulet's Feast in Act I Scene V of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, watercolor by Victoria, Princess Royal (eldest daughter of Queen Victoria), 26 August 1861. Royal Collection, UK.

The death of Mercutio in Act III Scene I of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, painting by Frank Bernard Dicksee, published in Gallery of Shakespeare illustrations, from celebrated works of art, 1909.

Romeo says farewell to Juliet before going to exile in Mantua, hurried along by Juliet's Nurse (right), oil on canvas painting by Marcello Bacciarelli, 1796. National Museum, Warsaw.

Romeo and Juliet are married in secret by Friar Laurence, as depicted in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, oil on canvas painting by P. Leroy, c. 1880. Private collection.